- Director | April 22, 1946 -
I don't believe that we should never not talk to people we don't agree with politically. If you can make that person laugh, it's the first step to getting him to listen to change their mind.
John Waters
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I have so many other things going on that if 'A Dirty Shame' is my last movie, that's OK.
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A hair-hopper is someone who pretends they're rich, who really wasn't brought up very wealthy but now tries to brag that they're rich, and they spend too much time on their hair.
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I can make a movie for $5M, which used to be a routinely low, independent movie, but there's no such thing as that any more.
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They all want you to make a movie for under a million dollars, which I don't want to. I don't want to be a faux radical film-maker at 70. I did that. I don't need to do it again.
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My father was horrified by my movies, yet he lent me the money to make the early ones. And I paid him back with interest.
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My mother's brother became the undersecretary of the interior for Nixon, which did cause a little drama in my family because I was going to riots and everything, but he turned out great and gave us a nice cheque for an AIDS benefit we had for the 'Serial Mom' premiere.
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I used to hitchhike a lot. I'd come home on the train from New York, and there'd be no cabs, but people would pick me right up and take me to my door because they recognised me. It was like a car service. I never really had a bad experience hitchhiking.
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My perfect day in Baltimore begins with getting my five newspapers. Then I would write.
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I like art. It's another way to rebel.
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At my age, you can go either fat or gaunt. I've gone gaunt.
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Fellini was a little lofty for a teenage boy, but certainly he was a huge influence.
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